Re: [exim] retry times

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Author: Graeme Fowler
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] retry times
On Thu, 2011-01-27 at 10:01 +0100, Heiko Schlittermann wrote:
> Until now I thought, that queue runners are started according the "-q…"
> option. (Or additionally triggered by external means (cron,
> some user, …) The 15m above just means, that during the first 2 hours the
> *minimum* distance between to delivery attempts has to be 15 minutes.


That's right.

Retry rules only control what happens to messages on the queue when
queue runners go to process them.

For the avoidance of doubt, folks: retry rules DO NOT spawn queue
runners.

Graeme